During the Russian Revolution Stalin had control of the Pravda Newspaper. He published material in the newspaper that would persuade Russian citizens to join his political point of view. In the book Animal Farm, Stalin is represented by a pig named Napoleon. Napoleon gains the hearts and minds of the other animals by using his friend Squealer. Squealer is also a pig who always gives witty remarks to the animals questions and persuades them that Napoleon has their best interest at heart, but in reality Napoleon and Squealer are power hungry. Squealer and the Pravda Newspaper are represented as the same thing. Stalin uses the Pravda Newspaper to gain the hearts and minds of the Russian citizens. Napoleon uses Squealer to gain the hearts and minds of the animals on Animal Farm.
The Pravda Newspaper
-The Pravda Newspaper is a famous newspaper of the Soviet Union, an official publication of the Communist Party between 1918 and 1991.
-Pravda means "truth" in Russian.
-The Bolsheviks started legal publication of the newspaper in St. Petersburg on April 22, 1913.
-Stalin was put on the editorial board of the newspaper by it's controller, Vladimir Lenin. Under Stalin's and Kamenev's influnence the newspaper promoted Totalitarianism.
-Totalitarianism is a governemnt in which the political authority has absolute and centralized control of the country.
-Stalin edited the newspaper to have a lively and easy to understand style which made the paper very popular in Russia. Stalin abused his power on the editorial board. He used his power to publish only reading material that would persuade Russian citizens to support the Russian Revolution.
Quotes from Squealer:
Quote: "The plot was for Snowball, at the critical moment, to give the signal for flight and leave the field to the enemy. And he very nearly succeeded-I will even say, comrades, he would have succeeded if it had not been for our heroic leader, Comrade Napoleon..."comrade, that Snowball was Jones's agent from the very beginning.." (pg. 56)
-Squealer constantly tried to make Comrade Napoleon look like a hero to the other animals by using witty and persuasive remarks. In this quote Squealer persuasively tries to make a failure seem like a success, which it wasn't. Squealer also tries to make Napoleon look like a hero when he wasn't at all.
Quote: "Do not imagine, comrades, that leadership is a pleasure. On the contrary, it is a deep and heavy responsibility. No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be? (pg. 39)
-Squealer makes the animals believe that Napoleon's job as a leader is so difficult and makes it seem like Napoleon is making a sacrifice to be the animals' leader. Napoleon truly has the best job of the farm and has it easier than any other animal on the farm.
Quote: ""Comrades!" he cried. "You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege? Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. I dislike them myself. Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health. Milk and apples (this has been proved by Science, comrades) contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig. We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organization of this farm depend on us. Day and night we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples." (pg. 42)
-Squealer constantly tries to keep a good image for himself and the other pigs. He tricks the other animals into believing that the pigs' perks are sacrifices. He makes their satisfaction of eating the best food and drinking the milk seem like a job the pigs don't enjoy. He also persuades the animals that the pigs' luxuries are necessities to keeping the farm running when really they are not necessities.
Squealer=Pravda Newspaper
During the Russian Revolution Stalin had control of the Pravda Newspaper. He published material in the newspaper that would persuade Russian citizens to join his political point of view. In the book Animal Farm, Stalin is represented by a pig named Napoleon. Napoleon gains the hearts and minds of the other animals by using his friend Squealer. Squealer is also a pig who always gives witty remarks to the animals questions and persuades them that
Napoleon has their best interest at heart, but in reality Napoleon and Squealer are power hungry. Squealer and the Pravda Newspaper are represented as the same thing. Stalin uses the Pravda Newspaper to gain the hearts and minds of the Russian citizens. Napoleon uses Squealer to gain the hearts and minds of the animals on Animal Farm.
The Pravda Newspaper
-The Pravda Newspa
per is a famous newspaper of the Soviet Union, an official publication of the Communist Party between 1918 and 1991.
-Pravda means "truth" in Russian.
-The Bolsheviks started legal publication of the newspaper in St. Petersburg on April 22, 1913.
-Stalin was put on the editorial board of the newspaper by it's controller, Vladimir Lenin. Under Stalin's and Kamenev's influnence the newspaper promoted Totalitarianism.
-Totalitarianism is a governemnt in which the political authority has absolute and centralized control of the country.
-Stalin edited the newspaper to have a lively and easy to understand style which made the paper very popular in Russia. Stalin abused his power on the editorial board. He used his power to publish only reading material that would persuade Russian citizens to support the Russian Revolution.
Quotes from Squealer:
Quote: "The plot was for Snowball, at the critical moment, to give the signal for flight and leave the field to the enemy. And he very nearly succeeded-I will even say, comrades, he would have succeeded if it had not been for our heroic leader, Comrade Napoleon..."comrade, that Snowball was Jones's agent from the very beginning.."(pg. 56)
-Squealer constantly tried to make Comrade Napoleon look like a hero to the other animals by using witty and persuasive remarks. In this quote Squealer persuasively tries to make a failure seem like a success, which it wasn't. Squealer also tries to make Napoleon look like a hero when he wasn't at all.
Quote: "Do not imagine, comrades, that leadership is a pleasure. On the contrary, it is a deep and heavy responsibility. No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be? (pg. 39)-Squealer makes the animals believe that Napoleon's job as a leader is so difficult and makes it seem like Napoleon is making a sacrifice to be the animals' leader. Napoleon truly has the best job of the farm and has it easier than any other animal on the farm.
Quote: ""Comrades!" he cried. "You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege? Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. I dislike them myself. Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health. Milk and apples (this has been p
-Squealer constantly tries to keep a good image for himself and the other pigs. He tricks the other animals into believing that the pigs' perks are sacrifices. He makes their satisfaction of eating the best food and drinking the milk seem like a job the pigs don't enjoy. He also persuades the animals that the pigs' luxuries are necessities to keeping the farm running when really they are not necessities.
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References
Cookson, M. (2010). Praavda-definition. WordIQ, Retrieved from http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Pravda
Orwell, G. (1946). Animal farm. Illinois: Harcourt Brace & Company.